Pickle-fork holder



criAnLEs AUSTIEN LE Application filed December 16, 1918.

To all whom it may concern: a A

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Ans'rnn Lnwis, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, countyOfYOl'k,'P1O"l11CG of Ontario, in the- Dominion of Canada, new usefulImprovements in Pickle Fork Holders, as described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that formpart of the $213518.

The principal object of the invention is to avoid the soiling of tablelinen and to devise a simple form readily attached to the bottle andWill be securely held inplace and will securely hold the fork inposition upon the bottle.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel formationof the bottle and the holder, whereby engaging surfaces are formed inthe bottle to secure the holder in place.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pickle bottleshowing the holder attached thereto, the fork being shown in dottedlines arranged in the holder.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the inward side of a modified form ofthe holder.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the form of holder shownin Fig. 1, taken through the line a-b.

Fig. a is a transverse sectional view through the form of holder shownin Fig. 2 illustrating the manner of gripping the bottle.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view showing a further modification of holderand modified form of bottle.

The form of holder illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 comprises a deviceformed of thin sheet metal having the back 1 of substantially elongatedrectangular form, provided with a longitudinal perforation v2, the upperportion of which is provided with in wardly projecting curled edges 3.

The lower portion of the perforation 2 is adapted to receive a flangedrib projection l which is molded upon the outer face of the bottle 5 andthe narrow neck portion 6 of the rib is adapted to fit in close contactwith the inwardly curled edges 3 of the plate when it is slipped intoposition with the top of the perforation 2 resting upon the upper end ofthe rib projection, the curled edges engaging said rib in a snug fittingspring contact.

Specification of Letters Patent.

have invented certain .vide for of holder which may be. .bottle which orwith Wis,- or TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

rrcKLn-ronx HOLDER.

V Patented Jan.6,192o. Seria1 N0.266,975.

The lower end of the back 1 is formed with a tapering pocket 7 toreceive the prongs of the fork and to catch the drip from the fork andto hold the prongs in a definite position in relation to the bottle.

A pair of spring arms 8 are formed upon the upper end of the back 1 andare adapted to securely grip the handle of the fork.

FA holder such as described fits snugly to the bottle and is heldsecurely thereon in contact with the holding surfaces of the ribprojections of the bottle. In order to prothe attachment of the holderto a is not provided with the holding lug the longitudinal edges of theback 1 I are curled forwardly forming the lips 9 into which the loopedend of a rubber band may be inserted and'passed around the bottle.

A modified form in the engaging surfaces of the bottle is illustrated inFig. 5 in that the glass is formed with a longitudinal groove 10provided with flanged edges 11 adapted to engage the curled lips 9 ofthe holder, and as the metal is of spring material the lips engage theside surfaces of the groove 10 with a spring pressure which holds thedevice in place.

The lower portion of the groove 10 is sufficiently wide to receive thepocket 7 and the flanges 11 extend upwardly from above said pocket.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 2 and a the sheet metalinstead of having the longitudinal perforation 2 is stamped to form alongitudinal groove 12 extending from end to end thereof. The side walls13 of the groove 12 are perforated adjacent to the top and a pair oflongitudinal flanges 14 project angularly inward from said perfo rationsto engage the underside of the flange of the ribbed projection l on thebottle, as illustrated particularly in Fi 4. The holder illustrated inFig. 2 is otherwise of similar formation to that illustrated in It willbe understood that the bottles are specially formed with the projectingrib 4 the preferred form, namely, that having the projecting rib heholder is placed upon a bottle by inserting the rib into the lowerportion of the longitudinal perforation 2 or of the groove 12. Theholder is then pressed longitudinally downward to bring either curlededges .3 or the longitudinal flanges n We ssesem a w t th p j c ng at helongitudinal g'roovelO and in and When thus placed the holder is firmlysecured in position.

In the form illustrated in Fig 5 the holder is inserted into the groove10 so that the flanged lips 9 engage the flangededges ll of the grooveand it is pushed up into the position illustrated, the upper'end of themember Will of course require to beprojection, of a sheet metal holderhaving a pocket at its lower end to receive the fork metal having a atthe upper-end to hold i fork.

member having and longitudinally arranged contact members adapted toengage the flanged projection of the bottle.

3. In a pickle fork holder, the combina tion with a pickle bottle havinga flanged projection, of

cup-shaped receptacle at one an orifice in the back and inwardly adaptedto extend beneath end and pro] ecting ribs the head of the -flangedprojection of=tl1e bottle, said back having spring. clips arranged thehandle of the 4:. In arpickleforkholder, the combina tion With a bottlehaving a projecting member, of a l10lClG1'-fO1l116d of a single-piece ofsheet metal having a cup-shaped receptacle at the bottom end,longitudinallyinwardly curled lips at the sides,-a pair 'ofjspringholding fingers at the top and a longitudinal recess in the back adaptedto receive the proj ecting member from the *bottle.

CHARLES AUSTEN LEWIS.

a holder formed of sheet,

